Dupont Circle group set to hold its 50th annual house tour

The 50th annual Dupont Circle House Tour will take place Oct. 15. (photo by Phil Carney)

The Dupont Circle Citizens Association will hold its 50th annual house tour on Sunday, Oct. 15, from noon to 5 p.m.

This year’s tour will focus on the 16th Street Historic District’s varied architectural styles, which range from three- and four-story row houses and apartment buildings to embassies, institutional buildings and churches.

“The imaginative, varied facades of these buildings create a rhythmic streetscape and a continuous visual experience seldom so well preserved in the District of Columbia,” the association’s announcement says.

The tour will include an afternoon tea from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Temple of the Scottish Rite, designed by John Russell Pope and built from 1911 to 1915.